November 2017

This course is designed to provide supervisors and managers with necessary tools for enhancing the performance of the work unit. The course examines five critical areas that relate to one’s ability to be both a leader and manager. These five areas are described as “Burdens” due to the ongoing labor required to change the Commanders behaviors. These “Burdens” are taught in five modules during the course: • The Burden of Self awareness • The Burden of Competence • The Burden of Servant hood • The Burden of Communication • The Burden of Management The course focus is to understand and [...]

Gather data or information from the interviewee  Determine specifically, if the interviewee is truthful and if not, identify the form of the deception.  Transition the interviewee from unwilling to willing.  Toward this end, the interviewer must have the ability to QUESTION. A question is an activating event. If the questioning strategy employed is not productive, then the interviewer must have the ability to use additional approaches until the strategy most appropriate to the interviewee is found.  Once the interviewee begins to talk, the interviewer must be able to DETECT DECEPTION. The form of the deception and [...]

This is the basic course of instruction that covers the fundamental principles of methods and techniques involved in criminal interdiction for transportation interdiction officers. Topics covered: Interdiction at commercial and small airports, bus and train stations, hotels and motels, and at parcel facilities. Instruction also covers airport ramp check and indicators, K9 utilization in interdiction, Law – Search and Seizure, Asset Forfeiture and an introduction to the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) Operations and Access. Registration • 1st – Attendees must have EPIC access. You can request access by going to the EPIC System Portal website at: https://esp.usdoj.gov and click [...]